Аннотация
The article discusses the prospects for the development of a unified state system for monitoring the environment and natural resources based on automated environmental monitoring systems for large economic entities. Examples of successful cooperation between government agencies and nature users in the field of automated exchange of environmental information and ensuring open access to it to the interested public are given. Special attention is paid to the organization of automated environmental monitoring systems by business entities, taking into account the significant costs of creating and maintaining environmental monitoring stations.